Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03 - Page 1229

purse junkie · 08-14-2003, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by evenodds
No, they are not fashionable. They were fashionable four or five years ago, people still buy and carry them, but I don't know why. You can tell a Kate Spade bag (or its knockoff) by the shape from anywhere in a room. The label is meaningless.

They still have classic lines and handsome (if very simple) fabrics though so if you are concerned with actual looks and utility, not "in-ness", I wouldn't ditch it. Don't own one myself.

Shape Shifter · 08-14-2003, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
No, No and No. Give me a sweet German sportscar, a vacation home on Kauai and a sailboat any day over that stuff...

Are you going to be doing makeovers on Bravo as well? ant twat.

Shape Shifter · 08-14-2003, 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Is this another punctuation thing?

I'll have to wait til 9/5 to find out.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 08-14-2003, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
So if someone offered you those things (without giving you the choice of a sports car, a vacation home and/or a sailboat) you would reject them?

Perhaps we should swap bodies a la Freaky Friday.

I'd keep the jetpack, but I don't really want one... Seriously, why would I want to look like a 70's era pimp?? Not me. As for the monkey, I get enough crap thrown at me every day as it is...

As for the Freaky Friday swapping bodies idea, sounds good, but with all due respect Fringey you may not want it back after I'm through with it...

Good Lord, I do sound like Coltrane. NTTAWWT.

NotFromHere · 08-14-2003, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
No, No and No. Give me a sweet German sportscar, a vacation home on Kauai and a sailboat any day over that stuff...

What? Aren't you missing the hot chick to share them with?

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 08-14-2003, 03:01 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
What? Aren't you missing the hot chick to share them with?

Already got her. And as she well knows, I certainly am not qualified to make over anybody on Bravo, though I do passably well with myself...

NotFromHere · 08-14-2003, 03:01 PM

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Originally posted by evenodds
No, they are not fashionable. They were fashionable four or five years ago, people still buy and carry them, but I don't know why. You can tell a Kate Spade bag (or its knockoff) by the shape from anywhere in a room. The label is meaningless.

Totally agree. They were semi "in" a few years ago because she jumped on the "animal print" bandwagon before the cheap knock-offs hit the market. While I'm not above paying an obscene amount of money for a purse, it is my opinion, and I think the board will agree with me on this, that they're over priced for what they are.

Replaced_Texan · 08-14-2003, 03:06 PM

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Seriously, why would I want to look like a 70's era pimp?? Not me.

I get the impression it is more the confidence and cool stuff that the 70s undercover cop personas got to do that the author was saying guys wanted. One of the (british) guys that I polled said: "Perhaps I'm just too young, or it's an American thing. I lean more towards the 'Bond' persona, so I can do all those things, but with more British." I'd count that answer as a "yes". Two other guys that I polled gave qualified yeses to the question so long as women came with the deal. I can't imagine that they wouldn't.

taxwonk · 08-14-2003, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
For the guys. I saw the following in the Best of Craigslist, and was wondering if it was true. Most guys I've polled so far have agreed with the hypothesis:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/about/.../14074176.html

3 things all men desire

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Reply to: anon-14074176@craigslist.org
Date: Sat Jul 26 19:02:46 2003

#1- A jet pack. Any man born in the 20th century knows that jet packs were to be the preferred form of transportation as the year 2000 approached. They were promised to us by TV, radio and comic books. But the millennium has come and gone and alas we have no jet pack to shuttle us back and forth to our laser gun shooting galleries and autonomous robot boxing matches. If technology can store 5000 songs in a machine the size of a pack of cigarettes why can't it propel me through the air at 120 mph?

#2- A 1970s undercover cop persona. Every man wishes he had a John Shaft afro or styled perfectly hair helmet al'a David Soul and a cool leather car coat. We all wish that we could jump through the second-story window of a warehouse with guns blazing just as the building explodes and is engulfed in flame. Every man would love like to drive to the other side of town, slide across the hood of our 1976, black Ford Torino and shake down a junkie pimp named "Snookie" for information.

#3- A monkey. Not necessarily a pet or helper monkey, just a monkey (perhaps with a jet pack of his own). I don't know why, we all just want one.

1. Not a jet pack. A 1969 GTO convertible or a Cutlass 442. They go as fast, but they have tires that squeal on the curves. and no vapor trail to fry your ass.

2. The Saint. Impeccably tailored clothes, beautiful cars, you get to drink and smoke, and you spend your time rescuing sweet damsels in distress without any visible evidence of having to earn a living.

3. I have never had any desire to have a monkey. Although I have always wished I had my own Rat Pack. I'd let Thurgreed be the Sammy Davis, Jr. guy. He wouldn't have to convert if he didn't want to.

Shape Shifter · 08-14-2003, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Two other guys that I polled gave qualified yeses to the question so long as women came with the deal. I can't imagine that they wouldn't.

Chicks dig guys with jet packs and monkeys.

ltl/fb · 08-14-2003, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Chicks dig guys with jet packs and monkeys.

Only if they're willing to share. And take me along on the undercover operations (as long as it's not cold).

Replaced_Texan · 08-14-2003, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I get the impression it is more the confidence and cool stuff that the 70s undercover cop personas got to do that the author was saying guys wanted. One of the (british) guys that I polled said: "Perhaps I'm just too young, or it's an American thing. I lean more towards the 'Bond' persona, so I can do all those things, but with more British." I'd count that answer as a "yes". Two other guys that I polled gave qualified yeses to the question so long as women came with the deal. I can't imagine that they wouldn't.

In related news, it appears that Snoop Dog is playing Huggy Bear in the new Starsky and Hutch movie.

Mr. Man · 08-14-2003, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
In related news, it appears that Snoop Dog is playing Huggy Bear in the new Starsky and Hutch movie.

Think how much the studio can save in not needing to pick up a wardrobe for the part...

ThurgreedMarshall · 08-14-2003, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
For the guys. I saw the following in the Best of Craigslist, and was wondering if it was true.

#1- A jet pack.

True. Except, flying car or motorcycle would do too. If I can't teleport, I might as well be able to have my own personal flying machine.

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan #2- A 1970s undercover cop persona.

True. I used to have a long, thin, tan leather jacket in law school. The hottie law chicks referred to it as my "shaft" or "pimp" jacket. I could only say, "Sho ya right."

But, I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka nailed it. If you have one of these personas, you also need your own theme song. And a band to walk behind you playing it at the right moments.

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan #3- A monkey.

Not so much with the monkey. Now if you could hook me up with a real dog (not one of those kitty dogs you have to carry in PJ's purse) that can do all sorts of cool shit -- like, bring me beer, the phone, the paper, hot chicks who have been led back to my place thinking there may be some sort of emergency who just smile when I open the door and melt in my arms as my bedroom theme song starts to play -- then I'd be happy.

TM

purse junkie · 08-14-2003, 03:28 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Chicks dig guys with jet packs and monkeys.

(1) I dig jet packs. So I'll dig a guy who lets me borrow it. But really I'll be digging the jet pack.

(2) Didn't anyone else see "Outbreak"?